Hame-tug



J. J, HIPP.

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HAMB TUGQt Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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PATENT `JOHN J. HIPP, OF TIMBERVILLE'OHIO.

HAM E-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,427, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed May 5, 1883. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. HIPP, of Tim bervillePaulding county, Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Hame-Tug, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

As Ordinarily constructed, the hame-tugs of harnesses have but a single connection with the hame. This necessarily causes the draft to fall upon a single point Of the hame and collar, which is objectionable, in that this centralization of draft at one spot is liable to cause galling of the horses shoulders, and invariably bunches the collar under the single connection, and otherwise draws the collar Out of shape.

The invention consists in a hame-tug made in one piece and attached toa buckle by passing a part through it, so that the draft will come evenly upon the parts of the tug, as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a perspective view Of my new and improved hame-tug attached to the hame and tug of the harness, the hame being shown in place upon the collar 5 and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the multiple hame-tug. f

The collar A and hame B are of ordinary construction, except that the hame is provided with the three staples b b b2 for the attachment to the hame of the hame-tug D and the main tug E of the harness is also Ofl the ordinary construction, and is attached in the ordinary manner to the ordinary tug-buckle,F, to which also the rear end of the hame-tug D is suitably attached. 'Ihe hame-tug D is composed, in this instance, of the three straps d d d2, which are attached by means of eyes or other suitable connections, respectively, to the staples b b b2 of the hame B. The rear end of the hame is, as above mentioned, attached to the Ordinary tug-buckle, F. This attachment may be effected in any suitable workmanlike manner,

but I prefer tO make the parts d d d2 of the hame-tug of a single piece of leather, and to effect the attachment ofthe hame-tug with the buckle Fby simply passing the central strap, d, through the buckle, so that it may be folded forward parallel with the parts d d2, as shown in Fig. 2, thus avoiding all stitching for securing the buckle, and insuring, also, an even or equal draft upon all of the parts d d cl2 of the hame-tug. The central strip, d, of thehametug is provided with the loops f, for holding the forward end ofthe main tug E, as shown in Fig. 1. Constructed in this manner, it will be seen that the draft will be distributed by the parts of the multiple hame-tug over a considerable length of space of the hame and col-A lar, thus avoiding the centralization of draft,

which results in the difficulties above mentioned, andA that by means of this distribution the said difficulties are effectually overcome. Besides, with a hame-tug of this construction the collar is made muchmore comfortable for the draft-horse than when a single strap is as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Ihe hame-tug D, composedof the parts d d d2, made in one piece and attached to the buckle F by passing the part d through the buckle, whereby the draft will come evenly upon the parts of the tug,substantially as described.

JOHN J. HIFI?.

Witnesses:

MONTGOMERY EDWARDS, GYRUs B. CARLTON. 

